Aspiring biologist, cross-country runner, enthusiastic learner. Senior Damon Montgomery has been chosen as the student commencement speaker for Taylor’s graduating class of 2024.
Are you unsure of what career you’re going into after Taylor? The Calling and Career Office (CCO), located in the Boren Campus Center, is an organization that connects students to internships and careers they may be interested in pursuing. Some of their other services include help building a resume, finding out one’s skill set and even exploring one’s interests to determine how they can help.
Taylor’s love for the environment is in the hands of this steward of creation. Starting at the end of last year, sophomore Josh Groeling became president of Stewards of Creation, a student-organized club that dedicates itself to promoting a love for God’s creation of the natural world and our calling to let it prosper.
Over the Fall semester, a group of five Taylor students, including senior Aidan Merck, starred in their adventure abroad in the town of the silver screen. Merck is a film and media studies major who spent this past Fall studying abroad in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to intern with two different documentary companies.
During the spring season, some people like to plant flowers, some like to hike in nature. Others aspire to run toward the finish line. Brandon Dykstra is the associate professor of kinesiology and the co-chair of the Kinesiology Department at Taylor University. He is also known for leading students in the famous marathon course each spring semester.
Taylor’s study abroad program can take one from the north of Indiana to the south of Korea. Junior global studies major Kenedy Manuel spent the past fall semester studying abroad in Pohang, a city of approximately 500,000 people residing in the southeast corner of South Korea.
Some students may be the first of their family to come to Taylor, while others may have had many come before them. However, Taylor has witnessed multiple generations of the Sisson family.
Sometimes, the best shots at a sports event don’t go into a net or a hoop — they come from a camera.
This year, sophomore Symon Cater has found himself living in the same room as his former host during his 24 @ Taylor stay, junior Caleb Tiede.
Samuel Morris Hall — a hall whose third iteration was established in 1998 and that is home to an estimated quantity of 280 students — welcomed David Neel (’15) as its new hall director this fall.
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